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US 11,529,923 B2Granted
Seatback-mounted overhead airbag
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
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Abstract
An assembly for a vehicle includes a seat having a seat bottom and a seatback supported by the seat bottom. The seat bottom and the seatback define an occupant seating area. The seat includes an airbag supported by an upper end of the seatback. The airbag is inflatable downwardly from the upper end of the seatback enclosing the occupant seating area between the airbag and the seatback. The seat includes a pyrotechnic device fixed to the seat below the airbag. The pyrotechnic device is connected to the airbag.
Claims15
An assembly comprising:
- a seat including a seat bottom and a seatback supported by the seat bottom and defining an occupant seating area;
- an airbag supported by an upper end of the seatback and inflatable downwardly from the upper end enclosing the occupant seating area between the airbag and the seatback;
- a pyrotechnic device fixed to the seatback below the airbag and connected to the airbag and;
- a tether retractably connected to the pyrotechnic device and extending from the pyrotechnic device to a lower end of the airbag.
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A vehicle seat comprising:
- a seatback defining an occupant seating area;
- an airbag supported by an upper end of the seatback and inflatable downwardly from the upper end enclosing the occupant seating area between the airbag and the seatback;
- the airbag including a plurality of inflation chambers spaced from each other along a direction from the upper end of the seatback to a lower end of the airbag when inflated;
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- the airbag including a plurality of uninflatable panels in alternating arrangement with the inflation chambers and;
- the airbag includes inflatable tubes extending along the uninflatable panels and in fluid communication with the inflation chambers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.